Criticism
The Lost Worlds
BY MARK MORDUE
Mark Mordue looks at Anna Funder's latest book.
06.16.2003 | BOOKS
The Clash of Fundamentalisms
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
A second edition worth celebrating.
05.02.2003 | BOOKS
The Hydrogen Future
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Why the shift to a new energy paradigm can't wait.
01.23.2003 | BOOKS
Double Suicide and the West
BY JONAH WEISS
A French philosopher cuts quick and deep into September 11.
01.10.2003 | BOOKS
Ol' Grandpa Red
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
If it's possible to suck the marrow out of a century, Eric Hobsbawm's breath smells like bone juice.
11.05.2002 | BOOKS
Bombs Away
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Swedish historian Sven Lindqvist on whistling while you wait.
10.27.2002 | BOOKS
Attack of the Platitudes
BY MICHAEL MANVILLE
The Right regularly extols globalization with a barrage of banality. The Left, in a new video, sadly reciprocates. Is there no room for a more sophisticated vision?
08.26.2002 | FILM
Bozos in Budapest
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Arthur Phillips' expat novel Prague has gotten rave reviews, but the book is awful. Really awful.
08.08.2002 | BOOKS
BBC World Dis-Service
BY DAVID ALLEN FORRESTER
It's the best known and most respected voice in international broadcasting. So why is their coverage of the 'War on Terror' so lousy?
02.25.2002 | RADIO
The New Medicine Show, In a Series of Ones and Zeros
BY MATTHEW CALLAN
There is a program that knows you are looking at this page right now--among other things.
01.26.2002 | INTERNET
Weapons of Mass Destruction
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
A collection of essays looks at sanctions on Iraq and separates fact from fiction.
01.16.2002 | BOOKS
Don't Touch That Dial, Central Asia Will Be Right Back
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
The Taliban is gone, but the forces that created it are still very much in play. A valuable book offers background for the storm ahead.
11.25.2001 | BOOKS
The Leap Backwards
BY STANLEY HOLDITCH
Stanley Holditch examines the upcoming release of a new book that could set back the clock for environmentalism.
09.09.2001 | BOOKS
Christ Comics
BY ADAM BULGER
Jesus, comic books and prank calls; a look into the world of Christian comic books.
08.21.2001 | COMICS
Of Mates and Mortality
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
A slightly belated reflection on Irvine Welsh's fifth and latest book.
08.07.2001 | BOOKS
Resurrecting Hemingway the Angler
BY J.C. GAMBLE
Publishing houses can't seem to let Hemingway rest in peace. This time, however, the American icon goes fishing, and the book succeeds.
06.30.2001 | BOOKS
Radio Free Belgrade
BY JOSHUA KUCERA
A new book explores the history of B-92, the underground radio station that helped topple Milosevic.
06.27.2001 | BOOKS
The Science of Things
BY MICHAEL MANVILLE
In our consumption-obsessed age, what we consume most may be information. A new book takes a look at who manufactures it.
06.27.2001 | BOOKS
Democracy in Europe
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Can Europe forge a truly democratic Union? Oxford's Larry Siedentop isn't holding his breath.
06.11.2001 | BOOKS
Hitchens v. Kissinger
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Will the defendant please rise. And will the prosecution please remove that silly wig.
05.14.2001 | BOOKS
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